[Regnum] Snow depth in Moscow set a new daily record for December 16 - 39 cm.
| Converting using 2.54 cm=1”, that’s15 1/3”. |
“Today, the height of the snow cover at the base weather station of the capital, VDNKh, reached 39 cm,” - the weather forecaster wrote in the Telegram channel.
He emphasized that this is not only the maximum value since the beginning of the autumn-winter season, but also a new daily record for the height of snow cover for December 16.
The previous height of snowdrifts on this day was 33 cm and belonged to 1919.
Now, according to the forecaster, the active cyclone “Vanya” has moved to the northeast. The specialist added that one should not expect an increase in snow cover in the coming days; on the contrary, the snow, under the influence of thaws and its weight, will melt and compact, and the depth of the cover will gradually decrease.
As reportedIA Regnum, weather forecasters reported to Muscovites about the approach of cyclone “Vanya” on December 12.< /span>Citizens were warned that the height of snowdrifts due to precipitation could reach half a meter.
Leading specialist at the Phobos weather center Evgeniy Tishkovets said that cyclone “Vanya” brought the strongest storm to Moscow in the last 57 years a>. On the night of December 14-15, up to 17.4 mm of precipitation fell in the city, or about 30% of the monthly norm.snowfall
At the same time, the height of snowdrifts in Moscow reached its maximum for December 15for almost 150 years. Thus, at the capital’s base weather station VDNH, the height of the snow cover was 38 centimeters. At the same time, the height of snowdrifts in the city varied from 31 to 40 cm, which is 2–2.5 times higher than the climatic norm typical for December.
This day became the snowiest day in the last six decades. At the same time, the cyclone brought wind gusts of up to 17 m/s to Moscow.
On December 16, Roscosmos published a satellite image of the cyclone “Vanya”, which enveloped Central Russia and led to record snowfall over this territory. The state corporation clarified that Vanya formed over the territory of Moldova, and then moved to the Baltic Sea, connecting with the Atlantic cyclone.
The name “Vanja” was given to the cyclone by German meteorologists. Ireland and Britain, as well as the federal states of Germany, suffered the most from its impact Bavaria and Lower Saxony